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Understanding Blazar Jets Through Their Multifrequency Emission

Being dominated by non-thermal (synchrotron and inverse Compton) emission from a relativistic jet, blazars offer important clues to the structure and radiative processes in extragalactic jets. Crucial information is provided by blazars' spectral energy distributions from radio to gamma-rays (Ge...

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Autor principal: Sambruna, R M
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 1999
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/411223
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description Being dominated by non-thermal (synchrotron and inverse Compton) emission from a relativistic jet, blazars offer important clues to the structure and radiative processes in extragalactic jets. Crucial information is provided by blazars' spectral energy distributions from radio to gamma-rays (GeV and TeV energies), their trends with bolometric luminosity, and their correlated variability properties. This review is focussed on recent multiwavelength monitorings of confirmed and candidate TeV blazars and the constraints they provide for the radiative properties of the emitting particles. I also present recent observations of the newly discovered class of ``blue quasars'' and the implications for current blazars' unification schemes.
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spelling cern-4112232019-09-30T06:29:59Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/411223engSambruna, R MUnderstanding Blazar Jets Through Their Multifrequency EmissionAstrophysics and AstronomyBeing dominated by non-thermal (synchrotron and inverse Compton) emission from a relativistic jet, blazars offer important clues to the structure and radiative processes in extragalactic jets. Crucial information is provided by blazars' spectral energy distributions from radio to gamma-rays (GeV and TeV energies), their trends with bolometric luminosity, and their correlated variability properties. This review is focussed on recent multiwavelength monitorings of confirmed and candidate TeV blazars and the constraints they provide for the radiative properties of the emitting particles. I also present recent observations of the newly discovered class of ``blue quasars'' and the implications for current blazars' unification schemes.astro-ph/9912129oai:cds.cern.ch:4112231999
spellingShingle Astrophysics and Astronomy
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Understanding Blazar Jets Through Their Multifrequency Emission
title Understanding Blazar Jets Through Their Multifrequency Emission
title_full Understanding Blazar Jets Through Their Multifrequency Emission
title_fullStr Understanding Blazar Jets Through Their Multifrequency Emission
title_full_unstemmed Understanding Blazar Jets Through Their Multifrequency Emission
title_short Understanding Blazar Jets Through Their Multifrequency Emission
title_sort understanding blazar jets through their multifrequency emission
topic Astrophysics and Astronomy
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